Hues of Blue and Purple
| Edition | Original Art |
|---|---|
| Sujet | Portrait |
| Technique | Painting |
| Height | 120 cm |
| Width | 100 cm |
| Length/Depth | 1.8 cm |
“Shades of Blue and Purple”
- 120 cm x 100 cm
- Oil on canvas
The works in the ‘Hues of Healing’ series are the first paintings I have created in a long time without using black. They arose from a desire to feel and use colour more intensely again, after having devoted myself primarily to black-and-white painting for many years. My love for this minimalist form of expression has developed over many years, as it offers me tranquillity and clarity in a world that is often overwhelmed by sensory stimuli.
I approached the ‘Hues of Healing’ series with the same mindset that I apply when working with colour: not getting lost in the details, but stepping back to see the bigger picture. Up close, the works appear abstract, but from a little distance, faintly figurative forms can be discerned.
Anna Lena Wirth
My aim has always been to portray people as individuals. For many years, I painted portraits, believing that people’s faces best reflect their identities. When, whilst studying art at the University of Wuppertal, I came into contact with dementia within my personal circle and attempted to depict the process of forgetting, I reached my limits. A person’s outward appearance could not reflect their inner processes. In search of a solution to my problem, I gradually moved away from depicting faces, until I eventually omitted them entirely. Since then, my works have played with the identities and realities of the people depicted. Through a blend of figurative, realistic and abstract elements, I allow the viewer to look behind the façade of faces, into the feelings and thoughts of the figures portrayed.
My in-depth exploration of this subject matter – including in my Bachelor’s thesis in painting – continues to shape my painting style to this day and inspires me to constantly reinterpret a wide variety of themes relating to the human condition. I prefer to work in series, in which I explore individual themes in depth and interpret them in various ways.
Exhibitions:
2022 – Screenshot, Wuppertal
; 2022 – CoroArt, Wuppertal
; 2023 – Screenshot, Wuppertal
; 2024 – Exhibition, Hamburg
; 2025 – ‘Hues of Healing’ exhibition, Abtsgmünd
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